Make Some Noise for Clank! Catacombs

U.S. publisher Dire Wolf has announced an estimated October 2022 release date for a new standalone Clank! game from designer Paul Dennen: Clank! Catacombs.

Here's an overview of this 2-4 player game:

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The catacombs of the skeletal dragon Umbrok Vessna are mysterious and dangerous. Portals transport you all around the dungeon depths. Wayshrines offer vast riches to intrepid explorers. Prisoners are counting on you to free them. Ghosts, once disturbed, may haunt you to death. Despite all that, it's time to leave the board behind with Clank! Catacombs, a standalone deck-building adventure.

Each trip into the catacombs is unique since you lay tiles to create the dungeon. You can play using only the all-new dungeon deck, or you can include cards from previous Clank! expansions.

Find your fortune (and escape the dragon!) in Clank! Catacombs.

All previous Clank! titles have been a co-production between Dire Wolf and Renegade Game Studios, but in mid-June 2022 Dire Wolf had announced that it would release future Clank! titles on its own. Here's an excerpt from that press release:

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"When we first dipped our toes into the board game waters several years ago, we weren't entirely sure what we were getting into...or just how big a part of our creative lives tabletop would become," said Scott Martins, President of Dire Wolf. "Our friends at Renegade provided some much-needed guidance and support for our early board game co-publishing efforts, and we're grateful for everything they did to help bring the game to market. Since then, Clank! has grown as a product line and we've grown as a company. We're very excited about where Clank! is heading in the future, and how it fits into the bigger picture of tabletop publishing from Dire Wolf."

"Coming from videogames, making Clank! was a whole new kind of challenge," said Paul Dennen, VP of Design at Dire Wolf, and the creator of both Clank! and Dune: Imperium. "The journey here has been a fun one, and we've got some exciting twists and turns ahead for the noisy thieves, and I think fans will really enjoy where we're heading next."